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[crazyoval]

HI guys, what a great idea, this and the Twitter automater! I can get on with more important things if I implement these.

Question: I see in the news today that the registrar for .ly has taken down a .ly service as it does not comply with Libia's local laws. Also in future .ly registrations all need to be in Lybia.

So, my question is, can these modules be set to a different URL shortening service at all or is it hard wired to bit.ly?

Thank you. Very keen to go on this.

Guy

[Dongan]

Hi Guy,

We are closely monitoring that news. At the moment, there is no issue with bit.ly service. Libya closed down only vb.ly (pornagraphic oriented shortening service).

However, we have added google shortening services (goo.gl) in our plan. Depending on one web service is not good enough. We are waiting their API release shortly.

You can continue enjoying the services until then. You will be supplied the upgrade patches at free of cost.

[crazyoval]

Thanks Dongan. Sounds great, will get this organized for two domains.

Guy

[crazyoval]

Hi guys (and everyone reading),

My Twitter and Facebook mods got installed and working pretty soon after my last post. The main challenge for me was in my opinion the overly complicated set up at Facebook and Twitter. Both had to be new 'applications with a whole list of serial numbers all called different odd things that mostly made little sense to me.

Right now I have two sites with the Facebook and Twitter mods on. The Twitter mods point to two different twitter accounts (different markets) whilst I have chosen to use the same Facebook account for both the websites.

My main issue still is with Facebook. My understanding is that an 'application' can not be pushed to the directory of 'applications' until a certain amount of regular use is clocked up... but how do you get that regular use clocked up? I am adding the link to all my mails and the site of course. The Facebook widget for the application sits in my credit card TPL on the left hand column and looks good too.

Where I am now however is a bit confused about the Facebook way of seeing things: why is this an application? why cant I add it to my account page somewhere? why is this an application instead of a page? and if not, why cant I add it to my page? I a have tried but it never gets there even if I press a button to do so if I actually find it.

Its all a bit odd this Facebook stuff IMO so any advice from someone that has figured it out would be gratefully appreciated, thank you.


Guy

[Dongan]

Originally Posted by crazyoval

Where I am now however is a bit confused about the Facebook way of seeing things: why is this an application? why cant I add it to my account page somewhere? why is this an application instead of a page? and if not, why cant I add it to my page? I a have tried but it never gets there even if I press a button to do so if I actually find it.

Guy

Hi Guy,

The reason is "unless it is developed as an application,

a) Session alive: automation is not possible. You need to login to facebook everytime from admin panel before posting to keep the facebook session alive

b) Statistics: Fans statistics can be gathered like age group, sex easily. We can develop custom reports.

c) We are adding more features to this module now. You mean you can manage products (a mini store in Facebook) from x-cart admin panel. This products will have its own pages and it will appear in facebook global search."

I hope this is clear now. Please let us know if you have any other queries.

[Dongan]

Originally Posted by crazyoval

Hi guys (and everyone reading),

My main issue still is with Facebook. My understanding is that an 'application' can not be pushed to the directory of 'applications' until a certain amount of regular use is clocked up... but how do you get that regular use clocked up?

To answer this question, we have our fans network that can be used to make your application eligible at the time of installation. You can contact our support team in case of help in this regard. You no longer need to wait to have 10 fans.

[crazyoval]

Hi Dongan, ok so

1) I need to log in to then keep the session alive, and then be able to publish? if yes I understand now, thank you.

2) I now have 17 fans so does that mean I can go back in and get it published to the apps directory? I thought it was more complicated than that, i.e. needing x amount of regular fans and y amount of total fans or some complicated issue like that. Why Facebook makes it so complicated I dont know. But let me know, if I had another 10 that would be good anyway, my kids are on there so it would be good to have a few more anyway

3) so it is definitely not a page then. Do you know if I can add it to my account page, or even a business page I have also running which has a lot more activity currently? Thanks

Thanks Dongan, I appreciate your help.

Guy

[Dongan]

Originally Posted by crazyoval

Hi Dongan, ok so

1) I need to log in to then keep the session alive, and then be able to publish? if yes I understand now, thank you.

With the latest version, you do not need to login everytime.

Originally Posted by crazyoval

2) I now have 17 fans so does that mean I can go back in and get it published to the apps directory? I thought it was more complicated than that, i.e. needing x amount of regular fans and y amount of total fans or some complicated issue like that. Why Facebook makes it so complicated I dont know. But let me know, if I had another 10 that would be good anyway, my kids are on there so it would be good to have a few more anyway

Either you can contact your existing contacts to become fan, or just contact our support team. We will have it from our network for you quickly.

Originally Posted by crazyoval

3) so it is definitely not a page then. Do you know if I can add it to my account page, or even a business page I have also running which has a lot more activity currently? Thanks

Yes. We highly recommend business profile/page, not individual for your business. You can configure it for your business page too. It works.

[crazyoval]

Dongan, thanks, how do I know if I have the latest version?

Guy

[Dongan]

Create a ticket at support.mercuryminds.com. They can tell you.